Releases and your back up

Made a mistake this weekend, I went to a 2 day shoot with only 1 release - my backup Carter Insatiable 2 was still packed with my hunting stuff at home yet.

After the 2nd practice arrow on a start of a 300 game on Saturday I missed my release pouch and the insatiable 2 hit the concrete floor thus snapping the link that the thumb knob is attached to right off. ( Only 2 arrows into the start !!!! )

I reached into my quiver with a sickening thought and then continued trying to shoot with just a sharp edge where the set screw goes thru the link another X then a bunch of let downs and a blue. I was going to pull the plug and become a spectator when 3 or 4 folks came to the line with their releases all right-handers I’m a lefty and all set to the way they like. I ended up shooting a 53 on Saturday and a 51 on Sunday with the releases that were borrowed It was hard and mentally I was strong I just hope I can repeat my past performance with my backup” NOW” that it s in my quiver.

Most of the folks there said they would never have been able to do this feat but I stayed focused and I did not change the way I trained myself to fire the release. It either went off or I let down – But it was still very tough to execute at times.

So a 53/51 X 300s will have to do for this year’s Sectionals but it’s better than a (did not finish) I have to shoot league tonight 300 round, so we will see if everything is cool Vegas is this week also

So if you have a 2nd release make sure your pack’in it, Releases don’t even compare to shoes when it comes to back tension as far as being personal.

boy.. i hate when that happens. sounds like it worked out fair at least. it is crummy to leave a release at home, when you just drove 40 minutes to go hunt, when you just drove and hour to shoot a tourney... that's all i have to say about that...

A lot of people would have quit or spent the rest of the day whinging about it, sounds like you toughed it out and got on with it, good on ya.
I haven't got a spare release, after reading that I think I'll get one!

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